Tag: opioid overdose

City responds to recent overdose increase

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] The number of opioid overdoses rose about 36% in Alexandria during 2020, reflecting statewide and national spikes in both fatal...

Opioids in Alexandria Part 4: The opioid crisis through an EMT’s...

By Alexa Epitropoulos | [email protected] Alexandria paramedic Chad Shade’s idea of an emergency is different from that of most people. Shade, a 14-year veteran of the...